(1) Muhammad b. ʿAbd Allah b. Sulayman al-Hadrami, the ḥafiẓ and leading traditionist of Kufa, nicknamed Mutayyin. Ibn Ḥajar remarks in Lisan al-mizan: “I say: Mutayyin; the critics declared him trustworthy.” See: Lisan al-mizan 5:233–34, no. 815. (2) MS A reads anbaʾana (“he informed us”). (3) al-ʿAlaʾ b. ʿAmr al-Ḥanafi, a Kufan. Lisan al-mizan rates him matruk (abandoned); al-Nasaʾi and others deemed him weak, and Ibn Ḥibban said, “It is never permissible to use him as evidence.” See: Lisan al-mizan 4:185–86, no. 486. (4) MSS C and D read: al-ʿAlaʾ b. ʿAmr al-Ḥanafi b. Yazid al-Ashʿari—a copyist’s conflation. (5) Apparently Yahya b. Yazid al-Jazari, Abu Shaybah al-Rahawi. Al-Bukhari said, “His hadith is not authentic.” Ibn Ḥibban counted him among the trustworthy, while Ibn Abi Ḥatim said, “There is no harm in him.” See: al-Jarḥ wa-al-taʿdil 9:198, no. 826; Tahdhib al-tahdhib 11:302–3, no. 584. (6) MS A reads anbaʾana (“he informed us”). (7) ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿAbd al-ʿAziz b. Jurayj al-Umawi; his biography appeared above (see Index of Names). (8) Al-Hakim included this hadith in al-Mustadrak through two chains: (a) Yahya b. Yazid from Ibn Jurayj, and (b) Muhammad b. al-Faḍl from Ibn Jurayj. He said, “The report of Yahya b. Yazid is ṣaḥiḥ; I mention that of Muhammad b. al-Faḍl only as corroboration.” Al-Dhahabi retorted, “Rather, Yahya was weakened by Ahmad and others; the chain passes through al-ʿAlaʾ b. ʿAmr al-Ḥanafi, who is unreliable. As for Abu al-Faḍl, he is accused, and I suspect the hadith is fabricated.” See: al-Mustadrak with al-Talkhis 4:87. Al-Suyuti cited it in al-Jamiʿ al-ṣaghir and labelled it ṣaḥiḥ (1:40, no. 225). Nevertheless, most scholars judged the report munkar and without sound basis. See: Lisan al-mizan 4:185–86; al-Laliʾ al-maṣnuʿa 1:442, where al-ʿUqayli says, “Munkar; it has no foundation.” The author likewise notes here that the hadith has no reliable origin.